Kuchh Ankahi Baatein

Tedi Ungli

It was almost the end of first year. The exams were quite close and approaching Holi festival, which was the best time to enjoy together as this year Holi was planned to celebrate in college campus a day prior. All decided to celebrate in college as not possible to meet on the festival day with each other in family presence...

Boys gang were sitting separately in ground and were busy in their planning....

Sameer dreamingly : yaar, zindagi mein pehli baar mujhe Holi ki itani excitement ho rahi hai ..pehli baar sab dosto ke saath manauga....aur Naina ke saath bhi... sabse pehle rang toh use mein hi lagaunga..

Rohan : Haan aur mujhe toh puchh hi mat... Dadi ko toh iss festival se hi itani chid hai ki kya kahun... unka bas chalta toh ghar ke baahar taala hi laga deti taaki na koi aaye aur na hi koi rang khele... unki wajah se sirf ek tika laga kar Holi khelni padti thi... (in his mind : aur iss baar toh Preeti bhi hai)

Munna : Haan aur mein bhi Swati ko achchhe se rang lagaunga... school mein to darr ke maare koshish bhi nahin kar paya.... Pata lagta joote maar rahi hoti ...

Pandit was sitting quietly in deep thoughts.... Everyone looked at him with surprised....

Rohan : Kya hua Pandit, bhookh lagi hai kya.... No reply from Pandit...

Munna : Lagta hai ki pichhle ek ghante se kuchh nahin khaaya isliye kamjori aa gayi hai, dekho awaaz bhi nahin nikal rahi isaki.... they all laughed but still no reply from Pandit...

Sameer patted on his head slightly and get him back to senses... he looks to all strangely and all starts laughing seeing him... Sameer put his hand on his neck and asked, "ab batayega kya hua.... Priya ki yaad aa rahi hai kya"

Pandit shocked listening and shyly replied, "tujhe kaise pata... maine toh aaj tak kisi ko nahin bataya"...

Trio hugged him and Sameer replied, " arey bewkoof tere chehre par likha hai.... chal achchha hai Holi par usse propose kar dena... aur apne rang mein rang lena"... then they all planned ideas for Pandit how to propose Priya....

Girls were sitting in class and doing their own planning for Holi..

Swati, "arey yaar mujhe toh bada maja aayega is baar college mein Holi khelenge... pehli baar Munna ke saath... matlab who aur mein" she got shy thinking of her first Holi with her lover...

Priya : Haan yaar... mere ghar par toh mein bore hi ho jaati hun.... Bas Mummy Papa ke saath kya maja... is baar doston ke saath khoob enjoy karungi....

Preeti : Haan yaar, ghar par toh vaise bhi Taiji dhang se khelne nahin deti toh phir college hi sahi... kam se kam yahaan khul kar masti toh karnege... kyun Naina tera kya kehna hai... tu itni chup kyun hai...

Naina looked at them and replied, "please yaar, dekho mujhe force mat karna tum log, tumhein meri kasam... kyunki mein kal nahin aaungi college.... vaise bhi exams aane wale hain do hafte mein toh ghar par kuchh padai hi kar lungi... tum log enjoy karna" All girls tried best to make her ready to come but she was so adamant and denied all their efforts to convince her....

After some time, peon came and give message to Naina that Principal is calling her... she went to Principal room and she saw Vineet and Sakshi (Seniors) were standing with the Principal and Sameer too.

Principal : Naina come in beta..... look, tomorrow we have Holi celebration in our college campus, so I gave this responsibility to our GS Vineet & Sakshi to organize this event, but since the time is very less they need some volunteers and they offered your's and Sameer's name, even you are the topper from first year, also I heard that you organize some events in school as well and anyways next year I need some experience one's to handle these kind of events so you can learn a lot from your seniors... okay so all of you go and plan it ...

Naina look surprisingly at Principal but didn't said anything. She just turned her face and saw Vineet and Sakshi smiling and Vineet winked to Sameer .......

After taking few more instructions, they all came out from room and decided to meet after an hour to finalize the event preparations... the moment Vineet and Sakshi left, Naina turned to Sameer...

Naina asked sternly: Yeh sab kya tha... ab tum khud bataoge ki mein puchhu.... tumne kiya na yeh sab kuchh...

Sameer asked innocently, like a cute baby face : Kya Naina, maine kya kiya... kya bol rahi ho... khuuuul ke batao na.... aajkal har cheej ke liye tum mujhe hi blame karti ho... maana mein cute sa, innocent sa, handsome ladka hun par itna bhi kya ki tum har waqt mere hi baare mein socho, bhale hi voh achchha kaam ho ya galat kaam, saare iljaam mujh masoom par laga deti ho....huh

Naina put her hand on his waist and look him angrily, " dekho Sameer ab jyada innocent banane ki koshish mat karo, yeh karnaama tumhara hi hai... ab sach sach batao yeh kaise kiya tumne aur kyun.... soch lo nahin toh mein naraaj ho gayi toh tumse baat nahin karungi ... mujhe gussa mat dilao" she showed fake anger

He smiled and cutely replied, "arey baba tumhein gussa bhi aata hai, mein toh darr gaya..... vaise ab kya hai na Naina, bachpan se hi na meri Hindi bahut kamjor thi par ek kahawat hai jo mujhe ek baar mein hi yaad ho gayi thi.....ki jab ghee sidhi ungli se na nikle toh ungli tedi karni padti hai.. toh maine bas vohi kiya...... dekha yeh prove karta hai ki maine bachpan se padai kitna man laga kar ki hai... abhi tak sab yaad hai mujhe" he chuckled with mischievous glint in his eyes..

Naina gave an angry glare to him, "ab bataoge ki pitoge mujhse"

Sameer winked her, "dekho, apni friends ko toh tumne kasam de di thi aur agar mein force karta toh tum mujhe bhi aise hi emotional blackmail karti toh maine Principal se kah kar tumhein college aane par raaji karwa liya...dekha meri smartness" he praised himself raising his imaginary collars...

Naina tried to hit him playfully but he ducked her, she lost her balance, but he quickly holds her tightly to save ...... they came so close to each other and lost in each other looking into their eyes ...

Their trance broke when some students passed from their and she shift few steps back to maintain some distance... she walked ahead feeling awkward... he rubbed his neck, smiled and followed her praising himself how he managed all this ....

Flashback..

Sameer was entering classroom when he heard that Naina is denying coming in Holi celebration... he was sure that even if he tries to convince her she will surely emotionally blackmail him which he can't even ignore sometime...

He moved back to garden where he saw Vineet and Sakshi were sitting and planning for event...

Vineet : Yaar itna kaam hai abhi aur sirf ek din bacha hai... kaise poora hoga yaar...

Sakshi : haan toh yeh sab teri galti hain.. kab se kah rahi thi planning karte hai par janaab ko toh masti majaak se hi fursat nahin milti... ab karo der tak kaam...

Sameer approached them and asked, "kya mein aapki kuchh madad kar sakta hun... I mean I can help you in organizing Holi event for tomorrow"

Vineet thanks him for offering his help and agreed immediately... Sameer further said, "vaise aapko pata hai Naina hamare school ki event organizer thi.. saare function voh hi organize karti thi and she is pretty good in this... kyun na uski help le le... kaam aur jaldi ho jayega... par ek problem hai, voh aasani se nahin maanegi par haan agar Principal Madam kahengi toh shayad kuchh ho jaaye" he trying smartly to convince them to make her part in preparation.

Vineet smiled and patted on his back, "beta tum jis college ke naye naye student's ho na hum bhi usi ke seniors hai... sab samajh gaya mein... saaf saaf bol na madad chahiye......

Then Sameer told them that he wants her to join this celebration and enjoy with all as she always keeps herself away from all happiness.. seeing his honesty and affection towards her they agreed to help him, and they all go to Principal with this proposal...

Flashback ends

After an hour they meet Vineet and Sakshi at activity room with their gang and assure their help to complete all pending tasks before time... Vineet & Naina planned and assign everyone with the responsibility and all did their jobs well on time

All set for Holi tomorrow....